''1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults'' is a

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album released in

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. The album contains works by

P. D. Q. Bach P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer created by the American composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele for a five-decade career performing the "discovered" works of the "only forgotten son" of the Bach family. Schickele's music combines Par ...

, the alter ego of Professor Peter Schickele (as well as tracks credited to Schickele himself). It is scored for "really big

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and some not-quite so big ensembles, plus unique on-location introductions, spoken on the very historical spots where the actual history happened".

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*Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, narrator, pianist, devious instrumentalist and intellectual guide *The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Walter Bruno, conductor *I Virtuosi di Hoople

Track listing

*Introduction (1:35) *'' 1712 Overture, S. 1712'' (11:33) *Introduction (1:12) *'' Bach Portrait'' (Schickele) (14:32) * Introduction (2:53) * Capriccio ''La Pucelle de New Orleans ''(The Maid of

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)'', S. under 18'' (3:25) *Introduction (1:14) *''Minuet Militaire, S. 1A'' (3:41) * Introduction (1:33) *Prelude to Einstein on the Fritz, S. e=mt² (6:37) *Introduction (1:47) *'' The Preachers of Crimetheus, a ballet in one selfless act, S. 988'' (12:27) **Prologue (Bottomless Sorrow; Topless Gaiety) (3:18) **The Lamentations of Jerry Maja (3:06) **Finale: Special Deliverance (5:57)

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